The Symbolism in the Great Gatsby
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I．Introduction:
1. About the novel: The Great Gatsby, the exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgerald's sharp social sense; and Thomas Wolfe hailed it as Fitzgerald's "best work" thus far. The Great Gatsby was published in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. At first glance, the novel appears to be a simple love story, but further examination reveals Fitzgerald's masterful scrutiny of American society during the 1920s and the corruption of the American dream.
2 About the Author F. Scott Fitzgerald: Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died in 1940. One of the greatest American writers of the 20th Century, Fitzgerald was the literary spokesman of the jazz age, having written about people whose lives resembled his own. He and his wife, Zelda, lived a celebrated life, glittering and dissipated, in New York City and the French Riviera, but his later years were plagued by financial worries and his wife's insanity. Fitzgerald's novels include: This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and Damned (1922),The Great Gatsby (1922),Tender Is the Night (1934),The Last Tycoon (1941).He also published four short-story collections.
II. The Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses many symbolic devices to convey the thoughts and motifs of the 1920s in The Great Gatsby. The symbolism is seen in the green light on Daisy's dock, the billboard on the side of the highway, the cars, the library in Gatsby's house, and Daisy's appearance, etc.
1. Different colors used by the author to develop this love story gradually in front of us:
A. Light and Dark: Light colors represent dreams or goals. Gatsby follows the pure light of the grail. Gatsby is
I．Introduction:
1. About the novel: The Great Gatsby, the exemplary novel of the Jazz Age, stands as the supreme achievement of his career. T. S. Eliot read it three times and saw it as the "first step" American fiction had taken since Henry James; H. L. Mencken praised "the charm and beauty of the writing," as well as Fitzgerald's sharp social sense; and Thomas Wolfe hailed it as Fitzgerald's "best work" thus far. The Great Gatsby was published in 1922 by F. Scott Fitzgerald. At first glance, the novel appears to be a simple love story, but further examination reveals Fitzgerald's masterful scrutiny of American society during the 1920s and the corruption of the American dream.
2 About the Author F. Scott Fitzgerald: Fitzgerald was born in 1896 in St. Paul, Minnesota, and died in 1940. One of the greatest American writers of the 20th Century, Fitzgerald was the literary spokesman of the jazz age, having written about people whose lives resembled his own. He and his wife, Zelda, lived a celebrated life, glittering and dissipated, in New York City and the French Riviera, but his later years were plagued by financial worries and his wife's insanity. Fitzgerald's novels include: This Side of Paradise (1920), The Beautiful and Damned (1922),The Great Gatsby (1922),Tender Is the Night (1934),The Last Tycoon (1941).He also published four short-story collections.
II. The Symbolism in The Great Gatsby Fitzgerald uses many symbolic devices to convey the thoughts and motifs of the 1920s in The Great Gatsby. The symbolism is seen in the green light on Daisy's dock, the billboard on the side of the highway, the cars, the library in Gatsby's house, and Daisy's appearance, etc.
1. Different colors used by the author to develop this love story gradually in front of us:
A. Light and Dark: Light colors represent dreams or goals. Gatsby follows the pure light of the grail. Gatsby is